#takano

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Akira Takano

School Rumble

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ive being so much stuff about takano x yokozawa so i just wanted to put in my two cents. i think they’re functionally incompatible because of their pride. but i kinda want to dive into my interpretation of them over their course (and there’s a lot of interpretation cause there’s barely anything about their college days </3)

i think yokozawa really admired takano for his being. he was aloof, confident, intelligent, and mysterious and that’s what pulled him in. yokozawa explicitly says smth he remembers fondly is that he was the only one that takano let in. there was this confident and handsome dude being the only one confiding to yokozawa, who’s already mistaking love with admiration. he feels indispensable and needed by this highly competent guy which fuels his ego and protectiveness

takano on the other hand is already pretty unstable. he’s hesitant to get close to anyone, but yokozawa seems stable and honestly maybe straight? cause… yokozawa had a gf. i’m sure takano was wary to not get close and fall for another guy who could break his heart again and that leads me to…

takano and yokozawa taking advantage of each other. takano had hit rock-bottom, and whether or not he knew yokozawa had feelings for him, he was willing to throw their friendship away. yokozawa realizes he does have feelings for takano, and takes arrange of that to sleep with him multiple times at his lowest. i interpret this time as pretty toxic, but yokozawa still has takano’s best interests at heart. even if takano sleeps with others, pushes yokozawa away, and ultimately tells yokozawa they can only be friends. yokozawa genuinely cares and does help takano get out of his slump. and takano is grateful- but he regrets crossing that line

i think their friendship is great with mutual respect and i love it. yokozawa helps takano out and gets him his job at marukawa. takano affirms yokozawa when he’s self conscious about being seen as “scary” when he’s just started in sales. but yokozawa is chasing a losing battle. i see it as takano wants to throw the whole past away, and yokozawa’s feelings are part of it BUT he doesn’t know yokozawa still has lingering feelings. he took it at face value when yokozawa said he’d just be friends. takano’s looking ahead while yokozawa is stuck in a limbo. they continue to be drinking buddies where takano pours his heart out, and yokozawa mostly keeps to himself because he wants to be the “protector” and “put-together one” as a callback to takano’s lowest. he doesn’t allow himself to feel vulnerable

but i don’t think either would’ve worked as a couple. they’re both too proud imo. yokozawa is snappy and obsessive about competence, takano is calm with his main thing being emotional maturity (basically) so he never needed anything from yokozawa. we see yokozawa “submitting” his pride in a sense to kirishima, but i just can’t see that with takano. cause takano dgaf. kirishima does and will affectionately tease yokozawa out of genuine love, and yokozawa feels comfortable enough to “swallow his pride” and be seen at his softest in return. he has always been boastful and prideful with takano, because takano had always been the one person he’s wanted to impress. but takano doesn’t ever fully look or acknowledge him. their personalities just would clash and never lead the way to vulnerability.

simply put, takano doesn’t necessarily need yokozawa anymore (not to say their friendship should cripple and die). in fact i want to see them hanging out again 😔 yokozawa always needed someone to feel indispensable. but takano needed someone who didn’t baby and hover over him and acknowledges his wounds

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Chizuru Takano

Tsurezure Children

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Takano Miyo

Higurashi

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finished minagoroshi 👍

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Happy birthday chat! aaaand early happy birthday to Marcie (I think?) I wish I had time to do more art, but at least I'm glad to be catching the epilogue with this final piece - Takano and her two girlfriends, a sketch and two extra colourways I have mixed feelings on but still wanted to share. These streams, alongside Umineko have been such a comforting presence in my life and I'm sad to see them come to an end. I really enjoyed being a part of this community! A few years ago I caught a glimpse of what Higu was about and knew it would overtake my life, but I didn't have time for such a huge hyperfixation, so I'm glad it found it's way into my life anyways. Thank you for creating this space for everyone, Marcie :•)

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takaritsu be saying that ritsu has always been the one chasing takano but i disagree??

in terms of hs like yes, ritsu fell in love first and stalked him for 3 years but that’s it.

he never planned to make a move. initially, he thought he was just going crazy and that it was a phase that would pass. he had always been flighty.

that’s why i think if saga had responded ANY other way than he did during ritsu’s blurting confession that ritsu would’ve bolted and never shown his face around saga again. saga was the one who ultimately chased and grounded him.

he knew that ritsu had been stalking him. he knew that ritsu had accidentally blurted out his confession and wanted to melt through the floor. i believe that he already picked up how skittish he was. saga says he doesn’t really know why he said it, but he still reaches out to ruffle his hair. even when ritsu doubts his seriousness, saga doubles down. then, while still not being serious, he sees ritsu alone outside of a restaurant and decides to go out of his way to hang out with him.

the only time i believe ritsu chased saga was when saga lashed out at him. ritsu had every reason to run away and never look back. but instead, he went home then immediately went back with an umbrella without even knowing if saga meant it, was still there, or even needed an umbrella. ritsu knew saga had been troubled for some reason, and no matter what wanted to be there with him. even then at that saga’s lowest moment, he ended with “i just really want to be alone right now.” like that is such a meaningful addition that basically tells ritsu that he is not in the best state of mind.

even after, i believe saga chases him by holding his hand. then after that, he’s the one who looks up how two men make love and goes out of his way to kiss and invite ritsu over.

saga the whole time had to chase to push their relationship forward. sure, ritsu had sparked it accidentally, but saga was the one who made it real and anchored them.

and now in the present, takano is more emotionally open and vulnerable to chase onodera who has now become more walled off.

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